Building alliances between MME and the National Industry Advisory Board
On Friday, March 8th, 2019, the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) hosted the National Industry Advisory Board as part of the goal to expand the visibility of the department at the university, state, and national level. The board consists of...
Dr. Zhe Cheng Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Zhe Cheng, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has been awarded the 2019 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his research on functional ceramics. The CAREER...
FIU receives $1M Grant from Department of Energy for Research and Training in Advanced Materials
The FIU Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering is pleased to announce its partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE) as an institution selected for their new initiative known as the “Partnership for Research and Education Consortium in Ceramics and...
Pranjal Nautiyal: Shining Graduate Scholar Receives Prestigious Awards
Unlike most young people, when asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, Pranjal Nautiyal had an unwavering answer – he wanted to be an engineer. Pranjal was surrounded by engineers all of his life while living in New Delhi, where he was born and raised; his father...
Graphene Technology to Deice Aircraft.
Signet International Holdings, Inc.’s (OTC: SIGN) subsidiary, SGT, has executed a contract with Florida International University (FIU) to further the development and commercialization of a new deicing technology enhanced by graphene, the revolutionary carbon-based...
New discovery about constructal design of flying wing aircraft
Prof. Pezhman Mardanpour’s research reports new discovery about constructal design of flying wing aircraft at the ASME IMECE conference. This research stems from the collaborative efforts of Prof. Mardanpour, Prof. Adrian Bejan (Duke University) and Prof. Sylvie...
My Internship at Audi
Name: Jose Fernando Rojas-Sanchez Hometown: Monterrey NL, Mexico What is your major? I am pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Where did you intern? What did you do there? I interned at Audi AG (Lightweight Center) in Neckarsulm, Germany. I...
FIU launches diversity mentor professorships in STEM
The STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) have traditionally been male-dominated. Additionally, there is generally a low representation of minority faculty in the fields. As a result, many of the roughly 600 minority female students on...
Engineering students join forces with pilot to build flying bike
Wanting to fly is a dream of many little kids. Assen Andonov, born in Bulgaria, dreamed of flying a plane as a child. Growing up in the 1980s, Andonov would constantly be reminded of his dream because of military flyers displayed around town. Little by little, and...
Road to FIU ’22: Jaquan Starling
Leading up to the start of the fall semester, FIU News will be highlighting standout members of the Class of 2022. Jaquan Starling stands alone on stage at Harold’s Coffee Lounge in West Palm Beach. He adjusts the microphone and tells the audience: “I have some good...
My internship at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Name: Amanda M. Cano Hometown: Cuban-born, Miami-raised What is your major? Mechanical Engineering Where did you intern? Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) as a supplier quality engineer (SQE) intern. They love their acronyms. How did you get your internship? Through the...
Engineering student set on studying most complex system of all – the human body
Rossana Zotti always had her eyes set on becoming a doctor, but she changed gears to focus her undergraduate studies on mechanical engineering to give her an edge as a physician. Medicine has been a constant in Zotti’s life. While pregnant with her in Paraguay,...